Seah Tee Heng
{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}
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| honorific_prefix = Kapitan China
| name = Seah Tee Heng
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hant|佘泰興}}}}
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| residence = Johor Bahru Malaysia
| death_date = 1884
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| office = Members to the Council of State of Johor
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| term_end = 1884
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| office2 = Kapitan Cina of Johor
| term_start2 = 1869
| term_end2 = 1884
| predecessor2 = Kapitan Tan Cheng Hung
| successor2 = Major Tan Hiok Nee (as Major Cina)
| constituency2 = Johor
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| children = Seah Leng Chye
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| s = 佘泰兴
| t = 佘泰興
| p = Shé Tàixìng
| poj = Siâ Thài-heng}}
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Kapitan China Seah Tee Heng ({{zh|t=佘泰興|poj=Siâ Thài-heng}}; ? – 1884), also known as Seah Tai Heng, was one of two Chinese members to the Council of State with Tan Hiok Nee. In about 1871, he appointed as third Kapitan China of Johor after Kapitan Tan Kee Soon and Kapitan Tan Cheng Hung. [http://www.nanyang.com/node/435417] He held the kangchu concession for Sekudai Ulu and had a gambier and pepper firm in Johor Bahru. The road starting from Istana Besar to Johor Bahru General Hospital formerly known as Jalan Tai Heng, named after him. But after the 1970s, this road has been renamed as Jalan Tun Dr Ismail and Jalan Abu Bakar.
He is the father of Seah Leng Chye.
References
- http://www.jb-tionghua.org.my/%E6%88%90%E7%AB%8B%E7%AE%80%E5%8F%B2/q?cid=12&doit=showclass
- {{Google books |id=4VNEr574cQIC |page=114 |title=Prince of Pirates: The Temenggongs and the Development of Johor and Singapore, 1784–1885 }}
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Category:People from Johor Bahru
Category:Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent
Category:Year of birth unknown
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